Python Machine Learning Case Studies: Five Case Studies for the Data Scientist

© Danish Haroon 2017

Danish Haroon, Python Machine Learning Case Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2823-4_2

2. Regression

Danish Haroon¹ 

(1)Karachi, Pakistan

Regression and time series analysis make predictions for quantitative target variables possible. This chapter aims to highlight the core concept of regression and its variants. The emphasis here is to take the readers through the journey of model selection when solving for real-world problems. Moreover, this chapter also features statistical tests to evaluate the findings of these regression techniques.

Note

This book incorporates Python 2.7.11 as the de facto standard for coding examples. Moreover, you are required to have it installed for the Exercises.

In this chapter we will be using ...